Twenty years ago, Magic Johnson announced that he contracted HIV. Why that day will live forever
Basketball
NBA Lockout: First Two Weeks of the Season Gone. Now What?
After a seven-hour meeting on Monday, the NBA and its players union could not agree to a labor deal, forcing commissioner David Stern to cancel the first two weeks of the regular season, which was scheduled to tip off on November 1.
Bye Bye, Big East: The Fall of a College Sports Power
They flock to midtown Manhattan every March, clad in orange and blue.
Pat Summitt’s Toughest Opponent Yet: Early Onset Dementia
Pat Summitt is the winningest coach in the history of college basketball, men’s or women’s — she has 1,071 of them. When she announced that she had been diagnosed with the early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type, on …
Watch: Georgetown’s China Visit Erupts in Basketball Court Brawl
The future of America’s already fragile economy, in large part, depends on China. What transpired on a Beijing basketball court Thursday won’t help in any trade negotiations.
Reports: After Making the NBA Think Globally, Yao Ming to Retire
Yao Ming landed in the U.S. in the summer of 2002, 7-feet, 6-inches worth of fancy footwork, armed with a soft shooting touch.
Sports Labor Strife: Progress in NFL, Pain in NBA
The NFL’s players and owners aren’t sitting around the campfire, roasting marshmallows, doing the Hokey Pokey.
The Mavs’ Big Winner: Mark Cuban’s New Image
The brash Dallas Mavericks owner, never an easy guy to root for, is now widely admired. Here are some lessons we can learn from his (never boring) journey
NBA Finals: Redemption for Dirk, A Title for Dallas
MIAMI – Hours before Game 6 of the 2011 NBA Finals, Dallas starting center Tyson Chandler joined two of his teammates, future Hall of Famers Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd, for a bite to eat. Chandler sized up Nowitzki’s pre-game demeanor.
J.J. Barea and Brian Cardinal: Unassuming Stars of the NBA Finals
MIAMI – There are plenty of reasons to pull for the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of the 2011 NBA Finals, which tips off Sunday night, at 8 p.m. Eastern.
Choke: Why LeBron James Is Failing in the Finals
The NBA Finals were supposed to validate LeBron James’ decision to join the Miami Heat. But after his failures to deliver in the fourth quarter, James now faces a stunning loss
NBA Finals: Three Lessons We Learned from Game 2
In an instant, these NBA Finals went from being a potential sleeper to a possible classic.
Shaq Calls It Quits: A Retrospective on the Big Aristotle
Until the very end, he was nothing but Shaq.
